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Prešov. Samuel Tomko Radoslav Vrškový 1.D. Information. Area 70 406 km2 Population 91,650 First mentioned 1247 Postal code 080 01. Location. Prešov is a city in eastern Slovakia . It is the seat of the administrative Prešov region. City name.
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Prešov Samuel Tomko Radoslav Vrškový 1.D
Information • Area 70 406 km2 • Population 91,650 • Firstmentioned 1247 • Postalcode 080 01
Location • Prešov is a city in eastern Slovakia. • It is the seat of the administrative Prešov region
City name Historically, the city has been known as Eperies in German, Eperjes in Hungarian, Fragopolis in Latin, Preszów in Polish, Peryeshis in Romany, Пряшев(Pryashev) in Russian and Пряшів (Priashiv) in Rusyn and Ukranian.
History • In 1572, saltminingbeganin Solivar (atthattime a nearbytown, now part ofPresov). Prešov'sincreasedimportancemeantthat in 1647 itbecametheseatofthe(Šariš) county. • In 1667 theimportantEvangelicLutheranCollegeofEperjeswasestablished by Lutheransin thetown. • In 1687 twenty-four prominent citizens and noblemenwereexecutedforsupportingtheuprisingofImreThőkőly. • In 1870 thefirstrailwaywasbuilt. Thiswas a lineconnectingthetown to Košice.
Population • In 1910 Prešovlived16,323, of which 7,976 were Hungarians, 6,494 Slovaks and 1,404 Germans. In addition there were 170 Roma, 47 Rusyns, 4 Croatians, 2 Serbs and 226 others. • Prešov had a population of 91,621 in 2005. According to the 2001 census, 93,7% of the inhabitants were Slovaks, 1,4% Roma, 1,2% Rusyns, 1,1% Ukrainians, 0,8% Czechs, and 0,2% Hungarians.
Religions • The religious make-up was : • 66,8% RomanCatholics, • 13,6% people with no religious affiliation, • 8,9% GreekCatholics, • 4,8% Lutherans • 1,68% Orthodox
Sport Football • Prešov is home to one professional football team – 1. FC Tartan Prešov which is the oldest football team in Slovakia.
Hockey • The city's ice hockey club is HC Prešov 07
Handball • The city's ice handball club is HT Tatran Prešov which is Slovakia's most popular and currently most successful club.
Gallery • CathedralofSt.Nicholas